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APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1907.

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ATTACHMENT FOB VEHICLE-TONGUES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 6, 1907. Serial No. 401,021.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES D. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmore, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Tongues and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

I hounds of a vehicle.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for tongues and more particularly to that class adapted to be employed in connection with vehicles and my object is to provide means for securinga tubular metallic tongue between the hounds of a vehicle.

A further object is to, provide means for adjusting the attachments on the tongue, whereby they maybe made to fit between hounds of varying widths.

A further object is to provide means for bracing the parts of the adjusting device and a still further object is to provide means for securing double trees to the tongue.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion ofthe tongue, showing the manner of securing the same between the Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of the adjusting mechanism. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another portion of the adjusting mechanism. Fig. 4 is a sectional view as seen on line 44, Fig. '1, Fig. 5 is a sectional view as seen'on line 55, Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a sectional view as seen on line 66, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, 1 indicates a tongue, which is preferably tubular and 2 indicates the hounds of the vehicle.

In securing the tongue between the hounds, I provide a pair of straps 3, the ends of which are provided with inwardly extending projections 4 and 5, which are substantially at right angles to the longitudinal plane of the straps and each projection is provided with a fowardly extending ear 6 and 7, respectively. The projections 4 are adaptedto engage one arm 8 of angle plates 9, 'while the opposite arms 10 are secured to the tongue by means of bolts 11 and 12, which pass through the tongue and the arms 10. The face of the arms 8, engaged by the projections, is provided with serrations 13, so that when the projections, and arms are clamped together, they will be positively held against slipping.

The bolt 12 extending through the tongue is threaded at both ends and is of sufficient length to extend through openings in the ears 6, so-that the straps 3 may be readily-adjusted towards or from the tongue and to hold said straps in their adjusted positions, nuts14' and 15 are placed on opposite sides of the ears 6, so that when the straps have been properly adjusted, the nuts are clamped against the opposite faces of the ears to hold the straps. A bolt 16 is anchored to the inner end of the tongue 1 and extends laterally from each side thereof, the ends of said bolt being adapted to receive the ears 7 andsaid ears are locked in their adjusted positions by means of nuts 17 and 18, which are adapted to engage, respectively, the outer and inner faces of the ears 7 and it will be seen that when it is desired to adjust the straps in- Patented Aug. 4, 1908.

wardly or outwardly, the nuts 14' and 15 on the bolt 12 and the nuts 17 and 18 on the bolt 16, may be loosened from the ears and the straps moved to the desired position, when the nuts are again engaged with their respective ears and the straps locked in their adjusted position.

The straps 3 are securely braced by providing a pair of brace rods 19, the forward ends of which are secured to a collar 20, while the opposite ends thereof are threaded and extended through slots 21 in the projections 4 and through slots '22 in the arms 8, the threaded portions of said brace rods having nuts 23 and 24 thereon, which are adapted to be placed at opposite sides of the interposed projections and arms, so that said projections and arms may be securely clamped together and by clamping the collar 20 on the tongue, as best shown in Fig.6, the brace rods may be adjusted longitudinally, as desired.

In view of the fact that the tongue is tubular, a platform 25 is secured to the tongue and supported a distance above the same by means of depending standards 26, which are formed to fit the periphery of the tongue and are secured thereto by means of bolts 27 and the double tree 28 is held in position on the platform by means of a bolt 29, the lower end of which extends through an opening in the platform and through the tongue. The upper end of the bolt 29 is engaged. by one end of a hammer strap 30, the opposite end of the strap being pivotally secured to the tongue 1 by means of a bolt 31, which extends throlgh 5 the tongue and is provided at its upper end, with a hook terminal 32, the free end of the terminal engaging a socket 33 in the upper face of the tongue, thereby forming a staple through the end of the hammerstrap. After the straps have been properly adjusted, the tongue is introduced between the hounds and secured thereto bymeans of a rod 34.

It will thus bee'seen that I have provided a very cheap and economical means for adjustably securing a tongue to the hounds of a vehicle and one wherein the securing devices will be positively held in their adjusted p ositions. It will further be seen that the parts of the securing devices will be greatly reinforced by providing the brake rods.

-What I claim is:

1. In a securing device of the class described, the combination with a tubular 4 tongue and hounds to receive said tongue; of straps at each side of said tongue, inwardly extended projections at each end of said straps, forwardly extending ears on said proj ections, bolts extending through said tongue and having their ends threaded, nuts on said bolts, adapted to engage said ears and secure the straps in their adjusted positions, angle plates on said tongue, one arm of each of which is provided with serrations and adapted to engage the forward projections on the straps, brace rods for said straps, means to adjustably secure the rods to the tongue, the inner ends of said rods being threaded and adapted to extend through said forward projections and nuts on said threaded ends adapted to clamp the. projections and angle plates together.

2. In a securing device of the class described, the combination with a. tubular tongue and hounds to receive said tongue; of straps on each side of said tongue. inwardly extending projections at the ends of the straps, forwardly extending ears on said pro jections, a pair of bolts extending through said tongue and through said ears, nuts on said bolts adapted to engage the mils and hold the straps in their adjusted positions, the forward projections having slots therein, angle plates secured to said tongue and adapted to engage the forward projections, the el'igaging faces of said angle plates having serrations, brace rods adjustably secured to said tongue, the free ends of said rods being threaded and adapted to extend through said slots in the projections and through the angle plates, nuts on said rods, adapted to clamp the projections and plates together and a platform on said tongue, adapted to support a double tree.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES I). IVILLIAMS.

/Vitnesses:

A. M. ScIrANoKn, L. H. HAEGER. 

